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According to legend, a man and a woman who were married for just three days were separated by the call to labor for the construction of the Great Wall. The groom was forced to leave in order to assist the construction, but soon died because of hunger and cold fatigue. His bride does not grieve, instead she summons all of her strength to go to look for her groom. Miles and miles, she looks for her husband until she comes to the edge of the Great Wall, but she never finds him. She cried and cried until the Great Wall was crying, and she had never seen him since. The Great Wall shares her grievances, and it wept with her for she had lost her one true love.

相传秦始皇时，劳役繁重，青年男女万喜良、孟姜女新婚三天，新郎就被迫出发修筑长城，不久因饥寒劳累而死，尸骨被埋在长城墙下。孟姜女身背寒衣，历尽艰辛，万里寻夫来到长城边，得到的却是丈夫的噩耗。她痛哭城下，将长城哭倒。唐亚明编*的《孟姜女哭长城(中国民间故事)(精)》正是根据中国经典民间故事“孟姜女哭长城”改编而成的图画书。